Wassen

Wassen is a locality in Wassen, Uri and has about 464 residents and an elevation of 918 metres. Wassen is situated nearby to the hamlet Pfaffensprung, as well as near the locality Husen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Catholic Parish Church of St. Gallus and Ossuary chapel.

Catholic Parish Church of St. Gallus

Church

Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ossuary chapel

Church

Photo: Mike Knell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ossuary chapel is a church.

Wassen railway station

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wassen railway station is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gurtnellen and Göschenen.

Gurtnellen

Village

Photo: Kabelleger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gurtnellen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. Gurtnellen is situated 3 km northeast of Wassen.

Göschenen is a village and municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It sits at the northern end of the Gotthard tunnel. The Göschenen riots saw Urner troops opening fire on Italian miners demonstrating for better working conditions and wages on the tunnel's construction site. Göschenen is situated 4½ km south of Wassen.

Intschi

Hamlet

Photo: Waldteufel78, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Intschi is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km northeast of Wassen.

Wassen

Type: Locality with 464 residents
Postal code: 6484
Location: Wassen, Uri, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.70651° or 46° 42′ 23″ north

Longitude

8.59881° or 8° 35′ 56″ east

Population

464

Elevation

918 metres (3,012 feet)

United Nations Location Code

CH WAS

Open location code

8FRCPH4X+JG

GeoNames ID

2658047

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From German to Western Panjabi—“Wassen” goes by many names.

German: “Wassen UR”
Kazakh: “Вассен”
Russian: “Вассен”
Western Panjabi: “واسن”

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